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Social Studies Chapter 3 Age of Exploration

Social Studies Chapter 3 Age of Exploration. 20 Questions! T. Sams Assisted by Olivia Byrd Piedmont Elementary. The first Europeans to arrive in Tennessee were led by . Hernando de Soto. An adventure story about the Vikings who explored North America is a . Greenlanders’ Saga.

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Social Studies Chapter 3 Age of Exploration

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  1. Social StudiesChapter 3Age of Exploration 20 Questions! T. Sams Assisted by Olivia Byrd Piedmont Elementary

  2. The first Europeans to arrive in Tennessee were led by Hernando de Soto

  3. An adventure story about the Vikings who explored North America is a Greenlanders’ Saga

  4. Dr. Thomas Walker found the Cumberland Gap in 1750

  5. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas is a isthmus

  6. Explorers who sailed to Africa returned with gold and slaves

  7. The first Europeans know to have visited the Americas were _______. the Vikings

  8. What body of water did Vasco de Balboa reach Pacific Ocean

  9. The leader of these first Europeans to visit the Americas. Leif Erikson

  10. Leif Erickson named his settlement _____. Vinland

  11. ________whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia. Marco Polo

  12. An adventure story that tells about the brave deeds of people long ago is a saga

  13. Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama

  14. What are latitude lines that run east and west on a map? parallels

  15. What are longitude lines that run north and south on a map? parallels

  16. LaSalle followed the Mississippi River to its mouth in Louisiana

  17. The route taken by Marquette and Jolliet followed the Mississippi River

  18. What is the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship? Navigation

  19. Europeans began exploring after they realized that sea monsters did not exist

  20. What is the 0 degree longitude line? the prime meridian

  21. When Columbus sailed west from Europe, he expected reach Asia

  22. A person who makes a map is called a cartographer

  23. Another word for meeting is encounter

  24. Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators Prince Henry

  25. French Lick, the first trading post in Tennessee, was located on the Cumberland River

  26. Europeans began exploring after they realized sea monsters did not exist

  27. Vasco da Gama found the shortest sea route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of________. Africa

  28. One of the technological advances that helped European explorers to find directions was the______. compass

  29. Columbus gained the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promising them wealth

  30. Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa Vasco da Gama

  31. That’s All! Keep Sharp Minds!

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